I Meant To Do That
Lyrics ©1999 by Catherine Faber
Verse melody by Catherine Faber, chorus melody by Catherine
Faber and Arlene "Callie" Hills, © 1999
Arrangement © 1999 by Arlene "Callie" Hills and
Catherine Faber
My kitty chases shadows, as her instincts
demand
And sometimes the excitement gets a bit out of hand
She'll ramble and she'll scramble and she'll fly through the
air
To pile on the tile at the foot of the stair.
(She says)
I meant to do that, I'll have it be known
I did it on purpose, for plans of my own,
Since you're just a human and I am a cat,
I thought I ought to mention that I meant to do that.
My kitty jumps the ravens, just to give
them a scare;
She'll leap a dozen feet or so straight up in the air;
If the ravens see her heading up, they don't hang around
And both her paws are empty when she touches the
ground.
When cats do something foolish, they
don't run and hide
Some cynical souls say they're salving their pride;
They pull themselves together and they flourish their
tails
They fluff their ruffs, or casually polish their
nails.
From a kitten's book of etiquette, this
lesson I take
You don't have to be embarrassed when you make a mistake
You pull yourself together, and you brush off your hat,
And tell the watching crowd, "you know, I meant to do
that!"
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